SHOWTIME Abril-Bogere + Undercard, RBR and Discussion

Rough fight, ridiculous ref. Glad to see Abril got the decision he deserved. I'd favor Broner against Abril, but that's a tough, tough fight for him.

He absolutely is not flawless defensively. He makes some very basic errors defensively at times. He's a very slippery, slick fighter who barely gets hit. The damage on his face were from headbutts. Otherwise Bogere landed 5-6 good punches on him through 12 rounds. That is flawless to me when you can use barely two hands to count meaningful punches landed on you.

Abril is very slick and highly skilled when he actually throws punches. Defensively he's flawless, but offensively he needs to be busier because when he decided to throw he looked really good. Broner vs Abril is the best fight that can happen at 135. Vazquez, Burns, Abril are 2A, 2B, and 2C at LW. After Burns-Vazquez that will eliminate one of them and it will be down to Broner vs Abril and the winner of Burns-Vazquez. I def want to see how Broner will fight a tall, slick, accurate counterpuncher like Abril. Good post. Abril's jab would be the key for him against Broner but the thing that would worry me if I was in Abril's corner is how often and cleanly he got hit by right hand counters from Bogere. If a wild fighter like Bogere can counter you it's not a good sign going into a fight against Broner.

Good point. 90% of people don't consider styles at all. Richard Abril is an awkward and slick technician. He's smart in the ring, and he keeps his composure. Obviously Broner has the advantage in handspeed and power, but Abril's a smart enough fighter that he could negate that. To me Broner vs Abril is more of a 50/50 fight. I might favor Abril, Broner is just so flat footed and all he does is walk people down that Idk how he would fair against Abril. He definitely isnt beating Vazquez like I said earlier.

Broner is the new Floyd, he doesn't lose any fantasy fights. Trust me, people don't think of styles. Good point. 90% of people don't consider styles at all. Richard Abril is an awkward and slick technician. He's smart in the ring, and he keeps his composure. Obviously Broner has the advantage in handspeed and power, but Abril's a smart enough fighter that he could negate that.

I think Vazquez beats Broner. Abril is a much closer fight tho maybe 50/50.

I'm so glad they gave the correct man the win. If they had ripped him off, I'd have a hard time enjoying any match after that.

I still want to see it. I think Bogere's dirty tactics took him off his game tonight. Me too. I don't think it's an automatic Broner victory even-though I would pick him to win.

BTW Bogere sucks.

Abril is very slick and highly skilled when he actually throws punches. Defensively he's flawless, but offensively he needs to be busier because when he decided to throw he looked really good. Broner vs Abril is the best fight that can happen at 135. Vazquez, Burns, Abril are 2A, 2B, and 2C at LW. After Burns-Vazquez that will eliminate one of them and it will be down to Broner vs Abril and the winner of Burns-Vazquez. I def want to see how Broner will fight a tall, slick, accurate counterpuncher like Abril. He absolutely is not flawless defensively. He makes some very basic errors defensively at times.

I still think that fighters like Abril or Vazquez can beat Broner. Sure, Broner has more power, but power won't matter if he can't land clean punches. I think Broner could be favorite, but I won't say that he's going to decapitate any of them. Abril is very tall, slick, and a counter puncher. Broner has been looking good against go forward fighters like Rees, DeMarco, Escobedo ... We still haven't seen him against a slick counter puncher. Styles make fights.

I still think that fighters like Abril or Vazquez can beat Broner. Sure, Broner has more power, but power won't matter if he can't land clean punches. I think Broner could be favorite, but I won't say that he's going to decapitate any of them. Abril is very tall, slick, and a counter puncher. Broner has been looking good against go forward fighters like Rees, DeMarco, Escobedo ... We still haven't seen him against a slick counter puncher. Styles make fights.

I think the points shouldve been taken off at the same time and earlier than the 8th round.

Abril is very slick and highly skilled when he actually throws punches. Defensively he's flawless, but offensively he needs to be busier because when he decided to throw he looked really good. Broner vs Abril is the best fight that can happen at 135. Vazquez, Burns, Abril are 2A, 2B, and 2C at LW. After Burns-Vazquez that will eliminate one of them and it will be down to Broner vs Abril and the winner of Burns-Vazquez. I def want to see how Broner will fight a tall, slick, accurate counterpuncher like Abril. Agreed. I hope Burns continues to duck and Broner vs. Abril gets signed for June 15th.

Even though it wasn't the biggest fight, this decision makes me at least a little optimistic about boxing. At least they didn't rob this dude again. Honestly, Bogere won a a few early rounds but he was flailing wildly and looked mostly garbage and dirty for the duration. Abril kept his composure somehow. Commentators were trying to make an argument for Bogere but let's be real here, that was all unsuccessful aggression. Maybe not all of it but for the most part it was.

Broner decapitates Abril though. He can beat Broner with his footwork but I'd have to favor Broner slightly right now. Broner is the new Floyd, he doesn't lose any fantasy fights. Trust me, people don't think of styles.

Abril is very slick and highly skilled when he actually throws punches. Defensively he's flawless, but offensively he needs to be busier because when he decided to throw he looked really good. Broner vs Abril is the best fight that can happen at 135. Vazquez, Burns, Abril are 2A, 2B, and 2C at LW. After Burns-Vazquez that will eliminate one of them and it will be down to Broner vs Abril and the winner of Burns-Vazquez. I def want to see how Broner will fight a tall, slick, accurate counterpuncher like Abril.

Even though it wasn't the biggest fight, this decision makes me at least a little optimistic about boxing. At least they didn't rob this dude again. Honestly, Bogere won a a few early rounds but he was flailing wildly and looked mostly garbage and dirty for the duration. Abril is even better in fights that aren't dirty and nearly out-of-control, like this one was.

Broner decapitates Abril though. I still want to see it. I think Bogere's dirty tactics took him off his game tonight.

Broner decapitates Abril though. Most of 140 decapitates Broner too...hard to dance on a stretcher.